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E. P. RUSSELL.- Mde f Lighting Stren G's Burners. l No. 70,272.V'Patented ocnzig, 71.861

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Letters Patent No. 70,272, dated October 29, 1867.

MODE OF LIGHTING STREET GAS-BURNERS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CON CERN:

Be it 'known that I, E. P.`RUSSELL, of Manlius, in the county ofOnondaga, and in the State of New York, have invented a certain newandfu'seful Mode of Lighting Gas-Burncrs for Streets and other places;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a vertical section through the'main gashurner and thesupplemental or lighting-burner.

Figure 2 is a section through the gas-cock. y i

My invention consists in providing the main gas-burner with a smallsupplemental gas-burner on a small pipe branching from the main pipe ashort distance below the main burner, so that a small and constant jetof 'flame from the small burner will serve to light the large burnerwhen its cock is turned. This device is to bc iused principally inconnection-with an automatic device for-lighting street-lamps. There arevarious devices and modifications of my invention, but I prefer thatshown in the drawing.

The gas Hows continually up through the lighting-burner A, (which ismade cup-form with a. very small orifice and is there lighted and keptconstantly burning in small jet. The cock C of the main burner Bisioperated by suitable machinery, [or by hand,) so as to be turned off oron at any desired time. As soon as the' cock is turned on the gasescapes at the main burner, and is instantly lighted by the small jetissuing from the lighting-burner. The value of the very small quantityof gas needed to maintain a'sufiicient constant lightingjet is almostinappreciable, scarcely more (if asA much) than that ,of the matchesordinarily used. 4

'lhe supplemental pipe may, however, be attached either above or at thecock C, so as to be controlled hy it, or it may have a separate cock ofits own.. v

I do not claim an intermitting gas-jet for lighting the main burner, asclaimed by `Leche and Ulrich, patented the 16th day of April, 1867, butwhat I clainr as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

Asmall supplemental burner, A, to be kept burning constantly, whenoperating in connection with a main burner, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth, i i Y In testimony that I claim the abpvrfdescribedinvention I have hereunto signed my name this sixth day of April, 1867.

E. I. RUSSELL Witnesses:

AUGs. TREMAIN, ,STEPHEN DUELL.

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